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Battle for Canada’s oil
News Articles Featured | Al Jazeera | Steve Chao | May 10, 2010
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The tar sands in the province of Alberta cover a wide area centered on the town of Fort McMurray. They lie in the heart of Canada’s Boreal forests, and produce close to one-and-a-half million barrels of oil a day.
The area is the epicentre of a struggle between environmentalists and multinational energy companies, with each side painting different pictures of how oil extraction impacts the region.
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